A four-bedroom house completed in 2025 at 8039 NW 106th Ct in Johnston sold for $1,518,384, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Des Moines, Iowa metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
The week’s five highest-priced reported sales combined for $6.55 million and are spread across four municipalities β Johnston, Panora, Winterset and Clive β with Johnston accounting for the top two closings.
The houses behind them were built in 1992, 2008, 2020, 2025 and 2026, and they range from a waterfront home on Lake Panorama to a Madison County acreage finished this year.
No. 1 — $1,518,384 · 8039 NW 106th Ct, Johnston, Iowa
A house completed in 2025 at 8039 NW 106th Ct sold for $1,518,384 on August 11, 2026, the highest reported price in the metro area that week. The Johnston property is recorded at four bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 2,270 square feet.
Detailed listing remarks were not available for this sale, so the entry stays with the publicly reported record.
Mike Slavin of RE/MAX Precision was the listing agent. The sale closed $35,169 above its final asking price of $1,483,215 and ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 reported home sales for the Des Moines, Iowa metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
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No. 2 — $1,480,000 · 8905 NW 72nd Pl, Johnston, Iowa
An executive story-and-a-half on a private 1.67-acre cul-de-sac lot at 8905 NW 72nd Pl in Johnston changed hands for $1,480,000 in a closing dated August 10, 2026. Built in 2008, the house carries five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 4,064 square feet. Listing materials identify it as the 2009 Home Show winner.
Hand-scraped hickory floors run through a main level that holds the primary suite and a four-season room with heated floors, pool views and fully opening doors fitted with retractable screens. Three more bedrooms are upstairs. The lower level takes in an office, a bedroom, a theater room, an exercise room, a music room and a workshop equipped with a dust collection system and a spray booth.
The backyard is built around a waterfall pool, newly refinished in fiberglass, and a new hot tub. Recent work includes a Class 4 impact-resistant roof, exterior paint, hardscaping, heated floors in the primary bath and lower level, and a new boiler for the zoned in-floor heat system. The house also has a geothermal system, whole-home audio, an oversized four-car garage and a separate rear garage for lawn equipment.
Susie Sheldahl of Realty One Group Impact was the listing agent. The property went under contract 6 days after the current listing date and finished the week as the No. 2 reported sale in the metro area; it previously changed hands for $1,229,500 in 2023. Madelyne Culp of Century 21 Signature represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,350,000 · 5217 Tie Rd, Panora, Iowa
A waterfront home on Hughes Cove, on the east side of Lake Panorama, sold for $1,350,000 on August 14, 2026. The 1992 house at 5217 Tie Rd in Panora is recorded at three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 1,800 square feet.
An open-concept main level pairs a white kitchen β granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, a tile backsplash and light wood flooring β with a living room anchored by a whitewashed brick wood-burning fireplace, and a sunroom that takes in the lake through the seasons. The primary suite is on the same level, with a large walk-in closet, a tiled shower bath and laundry, joined by a half bath and a flexible office or sleeping room. The walkout lower level adds a family room, two bedrooms with attached bathrooms and a second laundry.
Outdoors, the property has an upper deck, a covered patio, a shaded lower patio, a firepit area, a private beach and a dock, along with tucked-under storage at the side of the house and an attached two-car garage.
Angela Worth and Laura Kemble of Sunset Realty were the listing agents. Their Lake Panorama listing went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 3 among reported home sales in the Des Moines metro area for the week. Angela Worth of Sunset Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,165,850 · 2188 114th Ct, Winterset, Iowa
A house finished this year on 5.32 acres in Madison County took the week’s No. 4 position: 2188 114th Ct in Winterset, a 2026 build that changed hands for $1,165,850 on August 12, 2026. The property is recorded at five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 2,434 square feet.
Vaulted ceilings open over a kitchen built around a 48-inch stove, a scullery and a 10-foot island. Two ensuite bedrooms sit on the main level, which has its own laundry, as does the level below; three further bedrooms, a walk-up bar area and a large flex space with doors to the backyard fill the lower level. A covered deck looks out over a pond.
The acreage carries an oversized four-car garage and a 30-by-40 outbuilding. Listing materials place the property in the Adel school district, on blacktop roads about 13 minutes from Grand Prairie Parkway.
Julie Baudler and Wendy Kriegshauser of RE/MAX Concepts were the listing agents. Their listing produced the fourth-highest reported home sale price in the Des Moines, Iowa metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. Julie Baudler of RE/MAX Concepts represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,040,000 · 3665 NW 177th Ct, Clive, Iowa
The fifth reported sale of the week, at $1,040,000, was a 2020 house on a cul-de-sac in Clive overlooking a stocked pond; the closing at 3665 NW 177th Ct was recorded August 12, 2026. Records list four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 2,675 square feet.
Soaring ceilings, stone feature walls and large picture windows fitted with automatic blinds carry the pond views indoors. The main level holds the primary suite, a private office and a kitchen that opens to a deck plumbed with a gas line; two more ensuite bedrooms take in a bonus room and a reading nook between them, and the walkout lower level has a full bar and a kitchenette.
Outside are a swim spa, a covered porch with built-in speakers and an overhead heater, a built-in fire pit and an expansive stamped concrete patio set in landscaped grounds. The garage is an oversized four-car with epoxy floors and built-in cabinets, and the shopping, dining and entertainment of the Kettlestone development sit minutes away.
Jessie Schulte and Ingrid Williams of RE/MAX Concepts were the listing agents. The house previously changed hands for $1,000,000 in 2022, and this closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 reported home sales for the Des Moines, Iowa metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026; RE/MAX Concepts held the listing side on the No. 4 sale as well. Robin Von Gillern of RE/MAX Concepts represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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